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APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED .TAN.21, 1913.

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GEORGE W. SCI-IENCKS, OF SAN DIEGO,

CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 JAMES H. SHANKS AND ONE-FOURTH 'lO HARRIE B. SHANKS, BOTH 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFQRNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed January 21, 1313. Serial No. 743,368.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ScHnNoKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bottles and has for an object to provide a bottle or like eontainer which cannot be conveniently refilled after the original contents thereof have been withdrawn therefrom.

The invention embodies, among other features, a bottle body provided with a stopper in the neck thereof, the said stopper being capable of rotation and held against longitudinal movement in the neck of the bottle body, with the said stopper movable into open or closed position relatively to the neck, whereby, when the stopper is in open position' and the bottle body is tilted, the contents thereof will readily flow therefrom, whereas when the stopper is in closed position, the contents of the bottle body will be prevented from flowing therefrom.

The invention further embodies a bottle in which the above mentioned stopper is so arranged in the neck of the bottle as to pre vent fraudulent tampering with a valve carried by the stopper and which normally closes the bottle body.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bottle showing the same open at the top; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bottle, showing the same in tilted position, with the valve in open position; Fig. 3 is a similar longitudinal sectional view of the bottle, showing the same in an upright position, with the valve in closed position, the bottle being closed at the top; Fig. 4: is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing the top of the bottle open; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stopper; Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 66 in Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 in Fig. 9; Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken. on the line 88 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken on the line 9-9 in Fig. 8, and showing the manner in which the stop members are arranged on the wall of the valve chamber.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a bottle body 10 including an integral neck 11, provided at the upper end with a cut away portion forming an outlet 12. It will, therefore, be seen that the main portion of the bottle body 10 forms a chamber 13 and the neck 11 provides a chamber 1 1. A stopper 15 is provided for insertion in the neck 11 and extends within the chamher 141-, the said. stopper being preferably tubular to provide a chamber 16 having an opening 17 provided in the lower end thereof to communicate with a valve chamber 18 in which is arranged to swing a valve 18, the said valve being mounted to swing on the walls of the valve chamber 18 and adapted to normally close a valve opening 18 formed in the bottom of the stopper. The valve 18 preferably consists of two connected parts, one part constituting a weight and the other a float, the weight being preferably made of lead or some other suitable material and the float of cork.

A locking member 19, preferably comprising a spring-like strip 20, rigidly secured to the stopper 15, with the free end of the strip lying in spaced relation to the stopper, is provided for locking the stopper 15 against longitudinal movement in the neck 11, without, however, preventing rotation of the stopper in the neck, it being readily seen that when. the stopper 15 is arranged in the neck of the bottle body, the free end of the spring-like strip 20 will extend into an indentation 21 formed in a wall of the neck and prevent any upward movement of the stopper after the same has once been placed in the chamber formed by the neck, it being further seen that the locking member 19 abutting against the side walls of the indentation 21 will limit the rotation of the stopper 15 in the neck.

As mentioned heretofore, the valve 18 is mounted to swing in the valve chamber 18 and is adapted to normally close the opening 18, the said valve being adapted to swing into open position and uncover the opening 18 when the bottle body is tilted and adapted to gravitate into closed position when the bottle body is upright. In order to limit the swinging movement of the valve l8 a plurality of similar stop members 22 are mounted to swing on a wall of the valve chamber 18 and are adapted to swing outwardly and be engaged by the valve 1S when the bottle body is tilted, the said stop members being also adapted to swing back against the wall of the valve chamber when the bottle body is held in an upright position, it being understood that when the bottle body is in an upright position, the valve 18" is returned to closed position to close the opening 18 In order to insure the proper return of the stop members to normal position when the bottle body is returnei to an upright. position, the said step members are inclined relatively to the wall of the bottle body upon which they are mounted as shown in Fig. 9, so that the stop members, when the bottle body is in normal position, tend to swing toward the wall of the bottle body and out of the plane of the valve 18% it being understood that the free ends of the stop members are preferably weighted by enlarging the same as shown in Fig. 8.

An opening 23 is formed in the upper end of the stopper 15 and the said opening is adapted to register with the outlet 12 in the neck of the bottle body when the stopper is rotated into open position, whereas, when the stopper is moved into closed position, the opening 23 will be out of registration with the outlet 12, thus preventing any fiuid in the bottle body from flowing therefrom, the upper end of the said stopper being provided with a flanged knob 24L constituting a handle whereby the stopper can be rotated in the neck.

In the use of the device described, the bottle body is first filled with the desired fiuid, after which the stopper 15 is arranged in the neck thereof to extend into the chamber formed in the neck and as the stopper is pressed downwardly in the neck, the locking member 19 will secure the stopper against longitudinal movement in the neck and lock the same therein without, however, preventing the rotation of the stopper in the neck. Now when the bottle body is in an upright position and the opening 23 is out of registration with the outlet 12, if it is desired to pour some of the fluid in the bottle body therefrom, the stopper 15 is first rotated so that the opening 23 will register with the outlet 12, after which the bottle body is tilted, thus causing the valve 18 to swing upwardly and uncover the opening 18" so that the fluid in the bottle body can pass into the valve chamber and thence into the chamber formed in the upper end of the stopper, after which the fluid will flow outwardly through the outlet 12 and opening 23 registering with the outlet. As men tioned heretofore, the swinging movement of the valve is limited by the stop members 22 which, when the bottle body is tilted,

swing outwardly into the path of the valve to be engaged thereby. Therefore, when the bottle body is returned to an upright position, the valve will return to normal position and close the opening 18*, and the stop members, mounted to swing at a slight angle, will swing into engagement with the wall of the valve chamber and lie closely against the same.

hen the bottle body is emptied, it will be readily seen that it will be impossible to refill the same without first removing the stopper, and in view of the manner in which the stopper is arranged within the neck of the bottle body, the neck of the bottle body will be broken or become cracked if an endeavor is made to remove the stopper therefrom. Furthermore, by providing a stopper of the kind described any fraudulent tampering with the bottle in an endeavor to refill the same with a spurious fluid without first removing the stopper therefrom will be prevented and on account of the arrangement of the valve 18, it will be impossible to insert a wire in the stopper for the purpose of securing the valve in an open position while the bottle is in upright position.

Now referring to the views, it will be seen that when the bottle body is tilted, it is necessary that the outlet 12 in the neck of the bottle body be at the under side of the neck at the free end thereof, and it will be further seen that the valve 18 swings in the direction of the opening 23 in the upper end of the stopper and which registers with the outlet 12 in the neck of the bottle body so that the fluid will readily flow through the stopper and eXteriorly of the neck of the bottle body.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a bottle, the combination with a bottle body including a neck, of a stopper revoluble in the neck, means for preventing a longitudinal movement of the stopper in the neck, a valve carried by the stopper to normally close an opening in the lower end thereof, and means mounted to swing within the stopper and movable in relatively opposed directions and transversely to the axis of the valve to lie within the plane thereof and be engaged by the valve when the bottle body is tilted to limit the opening swinging movement of the valve.

2. In a bottle, the combination with a bottle body including a neck, of a stopper revoluble therein and provided with an opening adapted to register with an outlet in the neck when the stopper is turned into open position, a valve mounted to swing on the stopper to normally close an opening in the lower end thereof, and similar opposed stop members mounted to swing within the stopper and inclined relatively. to the Wall thereof to move transversely to the axis of the valve and be engaged thereby When the bottle body is tilted.

3. In a bottle, the combination With a b0ttle body including a neck, of a stopper revoluble in the neck and having a side opening formed in the Wall thereof, with the opening normally covered by a portion of the Wall of the neck to provide a valve chamber, a valve mounted to swing in the valve chamber and normally closing an outlet from the bottle body, and stop members mounted to swing on the Wall of the stopper and having their free ends Weighted, With the stop members inclined relatively to the 15 Wall to swing transversely to the stopper so that their free ends Will be engaged by the valve when the bottle body is tilted to limit the swinging movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- 20 time in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. SCHENCKS.

lVitnesses J. WV. PALMER, N. L. then.

01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl,

Washington, D. C.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,088,457.

It is hereby certified that the names of the assignees in Letters Patent N 0. 1,088,457, granted February 24,1914, upon the application of George W. Schencks, of San Diego, California, for an improvement in Bottles were erroneously Written and printed as James H. Shanks and Harrie B. Shanks Whereas said names should have been Written and printed Jmnes H. Shanks and H arm's B. Shanks, as shown by the records of assignments in this Oflice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofice.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of March, A. D., 1915.

[SEAL] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

